Washing-machine



H. ROUSSBAU.

WASHING MACHINE.

Patented Nov. 22,1881.

' WITNESSES iNVENTOR ATTORNEY wire STATES PATENT twice.

HIRAM ROUSSEAU, OF AUGUSTA, KANSAS.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 250,004, dated November22, 1881.

Application filed April 7, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HIRAM BoUssEAU, of Augusta, in the county of Butlerand State of Kansas, have invented a new and valuable Improvement inWashing-Machines; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of thesame, reference being bad to the annexed drawings, making a part of thisspecification, and to the letters and figures of reference markedthereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of a perspective view of myimproved washingmachine; and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical sectionof the same, showing the lid folded over and covering the suds-box.

This invention has relation to improvements in washingmachines, moreparticularly the lids thereof.

The invention consists in the construction of a lid, as hereinafter setforth and claimed.

While this device is applicable to various kinds of machines havingditierent boxes, it is proposed to use it with the one shown in theaccompanying drawings, in which-- The letterAdesignates a suds-boxsupported upon suitable legs,a, and having a concave bottom, b. Thisbottom is provided with a sufficientlayer, 3 of plaster-ofparis, inwhich are embedded a number of longitudinallygrooved wooden strips, 0,and which are secured in position by any suitable means.

B indicates a scrubber, consisting of two parallel semicircular heads,(I, and strips (1, of a squared form, let into the same. This scrubheris convex to correspond to the ribbed bottom of the suds-box, and isoperated by means of a handle,G, the side bars of which are made each intwo sections, 0 c, hinged together at f, and capable of folding overupon each other and of being locked together by a hook,f, as shown inFig. 2, for a purpose hereinafter set forth. This scrubber is providedat its sides with journal-arms, that are received in grooves g in theinner walls of the uprights G, secured to the outside of the suds-box ina vertical position, and have their bearings in the upper edges of thesaid box. By working the handle to and fro, garments between the bottomof (Model.)

said box and the scrubber are subjected to a vigorous friction andspeedily cleansed.

At the rear end of box A is a transverse roller-bridge, D, having itsbearings in offsets 7c of the frame.

To the construction above described, and to which no claim is made, thelid constituting invention is attached. This is done by securing. to theroller a lid or cover, D, having a flange, l,of the same form as theupper edge of the suds-box, and provided with lateral recesses m,directly opposite each other, for the reception of the uprights O. Thislid is capable of swinging over on the bridge-roller D upon thesuds-box, when itcompletely covers in and conceals it, and serves as anironingboard or kitchen-table, being provided with an extension oroverhang, a, to make the table sufficiently wide and long. This lid orcover, when thrown over in the position shown in Fig. 1, with its underside upward, forms, by means of theflange Z, a receptacle for the washedor unwashed clothes, the bridge-roller l) serving to move the clothesfrom or to the lid.

The free end of the lid, when used as a clothesholder, is supported bymeans of legs G, detachably secured to slides 0, working endwise throughperforations in the end walls of the flange. These slides areextensible, and are provided with sockets, in which the legs areinserted to support the lid when it is open.

Attached to flange l are hooks t for the at tachment of dish-cloths andother suitable devices of immediateuse.

I am aware that a washing-machine having a-cover hinged to its side isnot new, and I do not claim such device, broadly.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The suds-box A, in combination with cover D, hinged to said box, slides0, and legs G, detachably secured to said slides, as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

I-IIRAM ROUSSEAU. Witnesses:

ESTA A. MAKEPEAOE, WILLIAM D. TRIPP.

